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Tales of the Honey Badger choose

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[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] Like a long-tailed cat in a room full of socking chairs, I was pretty nervous.
at like a..., phr.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] ‘YOU GOTTA BE LIKE A MIDGET IN A URINAL - YOU GOTTA BE ON YOUR TOES’.
at like a midget in a urinal under like a..., phr.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] They do it in Sydney at the Mardi Gras and no one gives a rats.
at not give a rat’s ass, v.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] My experience in the real world amounted to zero times f*&k all.
at fuck all, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] We quickly hit the frog and toad.
at frog (and toad), n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] ‘How you like them apples?’ [...] I grinned at my loser companions.
at how do you like them apples?, phr.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] When you’re on the bones of your arse, opportunities to fill your guts with some good tucker must be taken seriously.
at on the bones of one’s arse under arse, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] You make fewer friends as a drunk arsehole.
at arsehole, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] [I]t was yours truly who grabbed the cheese and planted it. Very arsey!
at arsey, adj.1
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] Later that arvo [...] the old man grabbed a six-pack of Crownies.
at arvo, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] If the dingoes and centipedes don’t get ya up Rainbow/Fraser way, then the sharks are sure as shit willing to pick up rhe slack.
at sure as shit under sure as..., phr.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I’m full as a Centrelink on payday.
at full as..., adj.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I was ecstatic. Happier than a mosquito in a blood bank.
at ...a mosquito in a blood bank (v.) under happy as..., adj.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I was busier than a one-armed bicklayer in Baghdad.
at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] My boss at the time [...] was old school and as hard-arse as they come.
at hard-ass, adj.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] He was more red than a tradie’s porn collection and bailed down the stairs .
at bail, v.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I was so focused on not ballsing things up.
at balls up, v.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I [...] paddled straight out, knowing full well Dad wouldn’t have a bar of it.
at not stand a bar of (v.) under bar, n.1
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] There’s a moat around most of the ground [...] Throw some water and barra in there and the place would be heaven.
at barra, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] [of a woman] I requested the maid ‘start with the bathroom first’ And in she went — poor bastard.
at bastard, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] ... landing on the deck with a busted beak and a split eye.
at beak, n.2
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] You beauty, holiday!
at beauty!, excl.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] Blair [...] landed a beauty right on old mate’s scone.
at beauty, n.1
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] We jumped ther queue — one of the perks of being a ‘big deal’.
at big deal, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I just saw the line, pinned me ears back and ended bagging a bit of meat in the corner.
at bit of meat, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] The physio [...] in no uncertain terms told me to quit being a little bitch.
at bitch, n.1
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] He commanded everyone [...] to get the bleep out of his way.
at bleep, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] He sure as shit wasn’t going to wait for some bludger tourists at the boat ramp to back their trailers in.
at bludger, n.
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] It’s tough to balance on a palm tree four metres above razor sharp coral at the best of times, let alone when trying to pull your bog catchers on in a hurry.
at bog catchers (n.) under bog, n.1
[Aus] N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] [N] complaining about there being no dunnies or showers ‘You’ll have to bog in the dirt’.
at bog, v.1
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